In 2025, researchers on Barro Colorado Island in Panama found something that looked almost like a prank played by the rainforest itself: an adult female katydid glowing hot pink under a station light.

A katydid changes color from pink to green to match leaf development, showing advanced camouflage adaptation in rainforests.

There are a lot of animals on Earth that use camouflage to blend in with their surroundings, but perhaps one of the better examples of this in action is the humble leaf insect, which can look exactly ...